Archive for 'Corruption in Gov’t.'
Trump freeze leaves New York farmers in limbo
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Posted: April 3rd, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Agricultural News, Business News, Congressional News, Corruption in Gov't., National History, National News, Northern NY News, Upstate New York.
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Fed. cuts to health services anticipated to hit New Yorkers hard
State claims it doesn’t have resources to backfill the void Click here for the Sun Community News story
Posted: March 28th, 2025 under Corruption in Gov't., Heathcare News, National News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, State Government News, State Legislator News, Statewide News.
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Upstate NY war hero removed from Army website after DEI ban
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Posted: March 26th, 2025 under Corruption in Gov't., National History, National News, Political News, Upstate New York, Veterans' News.
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State and municipal forestry projects in limbo after Trump administration freezes funding
Winooski had already removed about 30 trees from its Main Street corridor when it learned that the federal government had canceled the $1 million grant that would cover the trees’ replacement—130 new street trees. Click here for the VTDigger story
Posted: March 25th, 2025 under Congressional News, Corruption in Gov't., Environmental News, National History, National News, Political News, Regional NY-VT News.
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How the Education Department cuts could hurt low-income and rural schools
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Posted: March 22nd, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Congressional News, Corruption in Gov't., Education News, National History, National News, Northern NY News, Peru School News, Peru/Regional History, Regional NY-VT News.
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Upstate NY cop hits 7 parked cars in 3 separate crashes, still faces no charges
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Posted: March 13th, 2025 under Corruption in Gov't., Law Enforcement News, Upstate New York.
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With federal funding at risk, UVM announces 60-day hiring freeze
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Posted: March 6th, 2025 under Corruption in Gov't., Education News, General News, National History, National News, Regional NY-VT News.
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Trump picks loyalist with no prosecutor history as U.S. attorney in Upstate NY
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Posted: March 5th, 2025 under Corruption in Gov't., Northern NY News, Political News, Upstate New York.
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Texas Republican has beef with NY, seeks to change name of a New York Strip steak
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Posted: March 4th, 2025 under Agricultural News, Corruption in Gov't., General News, National News, Political News.
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Plattsburgh moves forward with investigation into alleged police corruption, fraud
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Posted: February 22nd, 2025 under City News, Corruption in Gov't., Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News.
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Adirondackers protest Trump administration actions and Elon Musk
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Posted: February 19th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Corruption in Gov't., National History, National News, Northern NY News, Political News.
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Layoffs, furloughs and callbacks. Almost daily drops of new White House policies disrupt Vermont’s workforce.
From layoffs at federal agency offices, furloughs at private contractors and international volunteer callbacks, Trump administration action is hitting Vermonters in waves. Click here for the VDigger story
Posted: February 15th, 2025 under Agricultural News, Business News, Congressional News, Corruption in Gov't., General News, National News, Peru/Regional History.
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Upstate NY judge resigns after saying he thinks all defendants ‘did something wrong’
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Posted: February 5th, 2025 under Corruption in Gov't., Law Enforcement News, State Government News, Upstate New York.
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Dan Stec reacts to Democrats delaying special election
The Albany Times-Union reports that New York’s Democrats are considering pushing back the date of a special election to fill Elise Stefanik’s congressional seat when she leaves to be ambassador to the United Nations. State Senator Dan Stec, who declared his candidacy for the seat in Congress, issued this statement. “Since Democrats assumed full control […]
Posted: February 4th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Congressional News, Corruption in Gov't., General News, Northern NY News, Political News, State Legislator News.
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North Country Chamber: U.S. tariffs on Canada are binationally harmful
See the list of local industries that will be adversely affected Click here for the Sun Community News story
Posted: February 1st, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Border News, Business News, Congressional News, Corruption in Gov't., General News, National History, National News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History.
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Are we Ten Days from a Trade War?
Statement from Chamber of Commerce President Garry Douglas: Given that the U.S.-Canadian dynamic in all of its many forms is arguably the single biggest driving force in the North Country economy, we were right to feel relief when the President’s executive orders called for a substantive review of trade relationships versus immediate tariffs. A review […]
Posted: January 23rd, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Agricultural News, Arts and Entertainment, Border News, Business News, City News, Community Events, Congressional News, Corruption in Gov't., County Government News, Education News, Environmental News, General News, Law Enforcement News, National News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, Political News.
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Water Department replacing lead connectors and old galvanized pipe
Peru – October 24 – Yesterday, Peru Water/Sewer/Parks Department personnel continued replacing 18-inch lead (gooseneck) connectors with brass connectors and galvanized pipe with plastic pipe along North Main Street. Department Superintendent Courtney Tetreault said, “I believe the NYS Department of Transportation (DOT) plans to pave this street either next year or the following year, so […]
Posted: October 24th, 2024 under Corruption in Gov't., Environmental News, General News, Northern NY News, Peru News, Peru/Regional History, Water & Sewer Dept. News.
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DiNapoli Audit Finds Hundreds of Millions of Dollars in Medicaid Payments Went to Providers Not Enrolled in the Program
From the Office of NYS Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli Audit Calls on State Department of Health To Improve Oversight of Managed Care Organizations, Seek To Recoup Money Where Appropriate June 4, 2024 An audit released today by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli found that Medicaid-managed care organizations made as much as $1.5 billion in […]
Posted: June 4th, 2024 under Corruption in Gov't., General News, Heathcare News, Peru/Regional History, State Government News, Statewide News.
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Former Utica mayor pleads quilty to stealing thousands from scholarship money
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Posted: May 13th, 2024 under Corruption in Gov't., Law Enforcement News, Political News, Upstate New York.
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Gov. Hochul’s review of Office of Cannabis Management finds inefficiencies, inexperience, mismanagement; agency head to step down
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Posted: May 13th, 2024 under Business News, Corruption in Gov't., Political News, State Government News, State Legislator News, Statewide News.
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Churchill: At new Bills stadium, the fleecing continues
Despite more than a billion dollars in support from taxpayers, fans are being told they’ll have to pay for the right to buy season tickets Click here for the Times-Union opinion
Posted: April 14th, 2024 under Corruption in Gov't., State Government News, Statewide News.
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How one Upstate NY sheriff’s oath led him down a far-right path
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Posted: October 28th, 2023 under Adirondack Region News, Corruption in Gov't., Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History.
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Batmobile replica at center of lawsuit against Upstate NY town supervisor (reports)
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Posted: August 16th, 2023 under Corruption in Gov't., Law Enforcement News, Upstate New York.
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NYS Board of Elections certifies controversial touch screen voting machines
The story includes a statement that individual counties can choose whether or not to buy the machines Opponents, including some leading government reform groups, say the decision is “bad for voters” and that the machines don’t leave a verified paper trail and are potentially vulnerable to cyberattacks. Click here for the NCPR story
Posted: August 3rd, 2023 under Corruption in Gov't., County Government News, General News, Peru/Regional History, State Government News.
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An investigation into ORDA’s ‘billion dollar bet’ in the Adirondacks
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Posted: June 24th, 2023 under Adirondack Region News, Business News, Corruption in Gov't., General News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, State Government News, State Legislator News.
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